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CATALOG RECORD

The Punisher #26

Marvel · Series began 1987 · Mid November 1989

Dates

Cover date
Mid November 1989
On sale
August 15, 1989
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #26 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07148602860412

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Russ Heathinks: Russ Heathscript: Mike Baron, Stan Lee, Dan Chichestercolors: John Wellingtonletters: Ken Bruzenak

Stories

  • The Whistle Blower · 22 pages

    The Punisher engineer Herman Wieses who is trying to blow the lid off of a conspiracy between civilian contractor Underwater Boat Company and the military of overspending and underbidding, which makes some higher ups both in the military and the contracting company a little nervous. Frank and Wiese end up stealing an experimental sub in order to broadcast this information publicly. Underwater Boats C.E.O. Morse, with help from his military co-conspirators, sends a nuclear sub after them.

Characters

Frank CastlePunisher

Reprinted in

Essential Punisher (2004), Punisher Epic Collection (2018)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.